Association of Space Explorers XXV Planetary Congress Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2012

Commemorative Poster Signature Key Loren Acton Viktor Afanasyev Toyohiro Akiyama STS 51F Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-11 Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33

Vladimir Aksyonov Alexander Alexandrov Aleksandar Alexandrov Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2 Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-5

Sultan al-Saud Anousheh Ansari Anatoli Artsebarski STS 51G Soyuz TMA-9 Soyuz TMA-12

Sergei Avdeev Alexander Balandin Patrick Baudry Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-9 STS 51G Soyuz TM-28

Anatoli Berezovoi Mike Bloomfield Karol Bobko Soyuz T-5 STS 45 STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J Andrei Borisenko Vance Brand Franklin Chang-Díaz Soyuz TMA-21/Exp. 27 ASTP, STS 5, STS 41B, STS 35 STS 61C, STS 34, STS 46, STS 60, STS 75, STS 91, STS 111

Jean-Loup Chretien John Creighton Walter Cunningham Soyuz T-6 STS 51G, STS 36, STS 48 Apollo 7

Jan Davis Charlie Duke Bonnie Dunbar STS 47, STS 60, STS 85 Apollo 16 STS 61A, STS 32, STS 50, STS 71, STS 89

Reinhold Ewald Bertalan Farkas Anatoli Filipchenko Soyuz TM-25 Soyuz 36 Soyuz 36

Klaus-Dietrich Flade Owen Garriott Richard Garriott Soyuz TM-14 Skylab 3, STS 9 Soyuz TMA-13 Yuri Gidzenko Linda Godwin Viktor Gorbatko Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31/ STS 37, STS 95, STS 76, STS 108 Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37 Exp 1

Jugderdemidyn Gurragchaa Henry Hartsfield Tom Hennen Soyuz 39 STS 4, STS 41D, STS 61A STS 44

Tom Henricks Miroslaw Hermaszewski Jeff Hoffman STS 44, STS 55, STS 70, STS 78 Soyuz 30 STS 51D, STS 35, STS 46, STS 61, STS 75

Alexander Ivanchenkov Anatoli Ivanishin Georgi Ivanov Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-6 Soyuz TMA-22/Exp. 29 Soyuz 33

Sigmund Jähn Tammy Jernigan Oleg Kotov Soyuz 29 STS 40, STS 52, STS 67, STS 80, Soyuz TMA-10 STS 96 Soyuz TMA-17/ Exp 22 Vladimir Kovolyonok Valeri Kubasov Alexander Lazutkin Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29, Soyuz 6, ASTP, Soyuz 36 Soyuz TM-25 Soyuz T-4

Alexei Leonov Michael Lopez-Alegria Vladimir Lyakhov Voskhod 2, ASTP STS 73, STS 92, STS 113, Soyuz Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, TMA-9/Exp. 14 Soyuz TM-6

William McArthur Bruce McCandless Ulf Merbold STS 58, STS 74, STS 92, STS 41B, STS 31 STS 9, STS 42, Soyuz TM-20 Soyuz TMA-7/Exp. 12

Sheikh Muszaphar Steve Nagel Paolo Nespoli Soyuz TMA-11 STS 51G, STS 61A, STS 37, STS 120/Exp. 26 STS 55

Soichi Noguchi Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu James Reilly II STS 114, Soyuz TMA-17/Exp 22 Soyuz 40 STS 89, STS 104, STS 117 Jerry Ross Alexander Samokutyaev Viktor Savinykh STS 61B, STS 27, STS 37, STS 55, Soyuz TMA-21/Exp. 27 Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13 STS 74, STS 88, STS 110 Soyuz TM-5

Rusty Schweickart Salizhan Sharipov Alexander Serebrov Apollo 9 STS 89, Soyuz TMA-5/Exp. 10 Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17

Helen Sharman Valentina Tereshkova Vladimir Titov Soyuz TM-12 Vostok 6 Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10a, Soyuz TM-4, STS 63, STS 86

Michel Tognini Valeri Tokarev Sergei Treshchev Soyuz TM-14, STS 93 STS 96, Soyuz TMA-7/Exp. 12 STS 111/Exp. 5

Yuri Usachev Sergei Volkov Alexander Volkov Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-23, Soyuz TMA-12/Exp. 17, Soyuz Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, STS 101/Expedition 2/STS 102 TMA-02m/Exp. 28 Soyuz TM-13 Franz Viehbock Charles Walker Ulrich Walter Soyuz TM-13 STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B STS 55

Mary Ellen Weber Jeff Wisoff Yi Soyeon STS 70, STS 101 STS 57, STS 68, STS 81, STS 92 Soyuz TMA-12

Vyacheslav Zhudov Soyuz 23 Ninety-five astronauts and cosmonauts from 20 nations gathered November 4-10, 2012 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the XXV Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE). The theme of the XXV Congress was “Space Technology for a Knowledge Based Society, reflecting the Association’s belief that space research and exploration have direct benefits for education and the development of modern society. The XXV Planetary Congress was hosted by Saudi astronaut Sultan bin Salman al-Saud.

This poster commemorates the XXV Congress and bears the authentic signatures of the participating astronauts and cosmonauts*. This poster is part of a series of limited collector’s edition posters that have been produced and signed at each ASE Congress since the Association was founded in 1985. Forty-four Collector’s Edition posters were signed at the XXV Congress.

The poster has two headings, the main heading in Arabic at the top, with the English and Russian displayed at the bottom. Around the periphery are printed translations of “Association of Space Explorers” in the native languages of the Founding Members of the Association of Space Explorers.

* Not all Congress participant signatures are featured on the commemorative posters.